Healthcare and Insurance
Children's Mercy Kansas City, which earned its fifth Magnet Hospital designation in 2020, is one of only 49 hospitals--out of more than 6,000 nationwide--included in a review of health-care facilities that have earned that distinction at least five times. That's…
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McCownGordon Construction has earned the construction-management contract for UMKC's $120 million Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building, a key fixture in the university's planned transformation of its Hospital Hill facilities. The construction company, which previously completed University Health's nearby medical office…
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Posted October 3, 2023 Q: What do you consider your organization’s most significant achievement or highlight over the past year? A: Continuing to transform our 80-year-old company while still excelling in the day-to-day work. We’re proud of who we’ve been…
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Posted September 28, 2023 CVS shares dropped by 2.2 percent following the drugstore chain’s pharmacists' threatening to walk out for a second week due to poor working conditions at Kansas City area locations. The walkouts first took place last week…
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Posted September 27, 2023 Children’s Mercy Hospital doctors have been treating patients for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases and the back-to-school season could be the cause. The hospital confirmed cases of the virus last week. Children’s Mercy is currently working…
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Posted September 27, 2023 More than 12,000 children were removed from Missouri’s Medicaid program in August due in large part to the state’s reassessing of residents' eligibility for Medicaid following the pandemic pause. Data from the Missouri Department of Social…
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Posted September 27, 2023 The University of Kansas Health System is among the most empathic health systems in the U.S., according to a survey by marketing agency Monigle. The University of Kansas Health System ranked No. 10 in the survey.…
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Posted September 20, 2023 The latest COVID-19 vaccine is beginning to roll out in the Kansas City metro designed to combat the strain omicron variant XBB. The vaccine booster was approved by the FDA last week and residents ages 6…
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Posted September 20, 2023 Q: What do you consider your organization’s most significant achievement or highlight over the past year? A: The intentional, thoughtful, and inclusive process for integrating Olathe Health into The University of Kansas Health System. Hundreds of…
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Posted September 20, 2023 COVID-19 cases are slowly creeping toward levels seen in 2020, according to wastewater surveillance and modeling by forecasters. In an update posted earlier this month, Jay Weiland, a COVID modeler, estimated that 650,000 Americans are becoming…
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